Jocelyn Robinson
Producer for Emerging Initiatives, Education and Archives, The Eichelberger Center for Community VoicesJocelyn Robinson is a Yellow Springs, OH-based educator, independent media producer, and radio preservationist.
She holds a BA in Art History from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and a Master’s in Cultural Studies with a concentration in Race, Gender, and Identity from Antioch University. In 2015 she earned a graduate certificate in Public History with a focus on Archives Administration, also from Wright State. Since 2007, she has taught transdisciplinary literature courses for Antioch University which incorporate critical cultural theory and her research interests in self-definition and identity.
Trained through WYSO’s Community Voices program in 2013, Jocelyn served as the station’s first Archives Fellow, producing Rediscovered Radio, short documentaries using WYSO’s civil rights era audio as source material. The series received state and national honors, and she was recognized with a 2014 New Voices Scholar Award from the Boston-based Association of Independents in Radio (AIR). Her current project, West Dayton Stories, is a community-based story-telling project centered on the people and places of Dayton’s vibrant west side. She also trains others to claim their own narratives through digital storytelling.
Jocelyn is engaged with national radio preservation efforts and serves on the African American and Civil Rights Radio Caucus of the Radio Preservation Task Force, a project of the Recorded Sound Preservation Board at the Library of Congress. In 2019, She was recently awarded a National Recording Preservation Foundation grant to survey the archival holdings of HBCU radio stations.
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For many people, voting is considered a sacred act. As we mark the transition to the Biden-Harris administration and look forward to the next four years, we hear from nurse practitioner and wellness advocate Tiffany Brown. She shares her thoughts on the choices she faced in the most recent presidential election. -
Few people have contributed more to building community than sociology professor and activist Amaha Sellassie. From co-founding the West Dayton Strong after school program to the Gem City Market, he can be found at the front of efforts to make Dayton an equitable and just place. But sometimes, that comes at a price.
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Jaylon Yates is a self-made boss. That’s how he got his stage name, SMB Jay. Even in the best of times, he’s got to keep a lot of balls in the air, let alone during a pandemic.
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Storyteller and folklorist Omopé Carter Daboiku draws on the deep well of her Appalachian forebears in her professional life, but that heritage has also proven to be a source of solace and inspiration in these tough times.
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Gem City native Loveyah Stewart is a photographer who thrives on capturing vibrant images of the people and places in our community. Social distancing, though, has given her a new perspective.
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The coronavirus pandemic has each one of us trying to figure out just how we’re gonna get through it all. Today we hear how community producer Leah Byrd has been doing it. A graduate of Wright State University’s film program, Leah has received a lot of buzz for their comedy web series, called Hot & Bothered, for which they were writer, director, and star.
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Dayton’s African American community has a rich history and a vibrant present, and there are important stories of strength and resilience to be told. We launched the West Dayton Stories project in the winter of 2020, bringing together a group of Dayton residents as community producers.
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Mohamed and Ali Al-Hamdani came to the U.S. as refugees with their parents from Iraq, and they have hair raising stories about their experiences during the Iraq war 30 years ago, when they were just little boys.
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People are discovering some new ways to stay connected during the coronavirus pandemic. In Yellow Springs, a talented young man is using his gift to bring…
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A dance company is more than graceful bodies moving across a stage; it’s also the people behind the scenes making sure the artists can create.The Dayton…
